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' WINDOWSOREEN. N0. 289,52'6. Patented Decal, 1883.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES N. GIBNEY, OF VICKSBUBG, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DONALD S. BUSH, WILLIAM H. BUSH, AND RODERIOK'U. BUSH, ALL OF SAME PLACE.

WINDOW-SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,526, dated December 4, 1883.

Application filed March 22,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES N. GIBNEY, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Vicksburg, county of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Window-Screen, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object certain improvements in window-screens, to facilitate IO placing them in and removingthem from the window frame or casein which they are to be located.

A common style of screen having the ends of the frame severed and the severed parts I 5 hinged together serves to illustrate the general construction of my invention. Other features are set forth in the detailed description.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the screen, showing the severed ends; Fig. 2, a plan view from the opposite side, showingthe hinges, the screen being here shown located in a window-frame; Fig. 3, a section on the dotted line in Fig. 2, looking from a point above said line; and Fig. 4 is a broken center portion of Fig. 3 enlarged.

In the use of window-screens it is desira ble to locate them in the window-frame in the place occupied by the sash, as in Fig. 2. It

0 it is also desirable that the screens may be placed in and taken out at will without necessit-ating the waste of undue time and exertion and the removal of the windowstops. By means of my invention this result is effected 3 5 in a very simple and inexpensive manner,and

the screen is very conveniently operated.

In constructing the screen-frame B B, it may be made whole and the ends severed and provided with hinges o 1); or the ends may be 0 thus made by utilizing short pieces of scantling. The frame is provided with the usual wire fabric. Bolt (1 and eye f constitute a lock to fasten the frame in its straight position after it is placed in the window-frame D 5 D. A hook or other equivalent device may be used as a lock in lieu of the slidingbolt, if desired. A knob or handle, o is securedto the screen to operate it by, as in Fig. 3. If preferred, mortises S S to receive the fingers .50 may be made in the end piece of the frame, in

lieu of the knob r, Fig. 3. Stops a a are located on thehinging side of the screen, to limit the distance theparts of the frame may swing on the hinges o o, to prevent danger of breaking the wire fabric or of unduly bending the same.

In the operation of placing the screen in the frame D D the hinged parts are swung slightly toward each other, as may be illustrated by partially closinga book-cover, as in Figs. 1 and 3. This in effect diminishes the width of the screen and allows the side edges to readily pass the window-stops e 6. By straightening the screen said edges are forced into the space or channel between the stops 2 e and checks at a previously occupied by the window-sash n, which has been raised. The screen is readily removed by unlocking it, sliding the bolt (Z and pulling on the handle a", which throws the screen into the position shown in Fig. 3. I usually form the side edges of the screen beveled, as in Fig. 3, es.- pecially when used in smallframes D D, in which case the movement of the hinged parts B B is less, and hence less danger of breaking 7 5 or bending the wire fabric. The natural elasticity of the wire fabric causes it to assume its normal condition when the frame B B is brought to a straight position, as in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my inventionnvhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv l. A screen having ,a frame composed of separated parts hinged together, and the beveled edges of the sides, which are located in the channels of the casing containing said screens, substantially as shown.

2. A screen having a frame made with the severed hinged ends, and the outer edges of the sides beveled, provided with,,a handle, 0 the sliding bolt or equivalent lock, and stops to limit the movement of the frame-sections, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two Witnesses.

. JAMES N. GIBNEY.

WVitnesses:

OSCAR K. BUOKHOUT, G. W. RoUNDs. 

